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I've been kept out of Sony and all this by never consuming from them. this is the epitome of capitalism. your comment was spot on until the edit. last sony th
by gcb 15y ago
I've been kept out of Sony and all this by never consuming from them.
this is the epitome of capitalism. your comment was spot on until the edit.
last sony thing I paid was a cassette walkman. then after betamax, minidisc, memory stick, etc, etc, etc... you have to be a sucker to support them. sad but true.
anyway, by not consuming from a company with low market ethic, I also avoided a company with bad network security ethic. they would be hacked? could be. but if nintendo is hacked, I can at least just change my password not my name and credit card.
for similar reasons I also avoid apple, j&j, and a few others.
- dexen 15y ago> this is the epitome of capitalism Sure in your case, of an informed technology enthusiast. The average customer, however, is not aware of shoddy security practices endangering his data. Which novadays means his personal finances, too. Also, the average decision maker at the companies in question is not aware of your protest, either; it takes press attention to make him aware. This is heavy information disparity; the market self-regulation cannot happen in such case. The customers simply cannot make informed (!) choices, nor put pressure on the website operators. Curiously enough, many of the decisionmakers at the companies may also be unaware of seriousness of the risks just as well. LulzSec steps in. By grabbing headlines they aim to inform the widest audience of what goes on, and force press to take on the hard subject. Let's hope the press does the job well, so capitalism can do its at last.
- gcb 15y agoI knew nothing of sony security practices. I knew about well know market practices. about attention to my little protest, I assure you, they pay more attention to sales volume than media noise.